Creating a Mailing Lists

To send a mail message to more than one person, you can type each person's name, separated by a comma, or you can create a mailing list. To create a mailing list, follow these steps:

1.

Select Groups from the Personal Address Book navigation pane.

2.

Click the New button on the Action bar and choose Group.

3.

The Basics section of the Group document is displayed as in Figure 12.5. Type a short, descriptive name for your group in the Group Name field.

Figure 12.5. Mailing Lists can save time when you are addressing mail.

4.

Click the small triangle to the right of the Group Type field and select Mail Only for your group. The other options, Multipurpose, Access Control List Only, and Servers only, are for use by your System Administrator.

5.

Type a short description of the group in the Description field. Although this is not a mandatory field, it might remind you why you created this group.

6.

Click the down arrow next to the field and select the names from your Personal Address Book.